Music reviewer Grant Smithies

It must be cold, surely, moving from Auckland to Norway? But Ryan McPhun of The Ruby Suns has done just that, strapping together his fifth album Sprite Fountain in an old schoolhouse near Oslo, fueled by reindeer burgers and akvavit. We also hear from Wellington synth-pop maestro Disasteradio and Liverpool post-punk frowners, Echo and the Bunnymen.